What's going on?
"Attack! Someone's attacking!!!"
After an initial moment of confusion, the overweight manager quickly realized that something must have gone wrong.
A truck of that size crashed in, and it even had steel plates specifically installed on its surface—what else could this be but a deliberate attack?
Alarm sirens sounded inside the grain warehouse.
Armed guards from various locations quickly converged on the area where the fat supervisor was located. Without asking any questions, the guards immediately took up advantageous positions and opened fire once they spotted the Mutual Aid Society's heavy truck in the distance.
Bullets struck the bulletproof steel plates and bulletproof glass on the exterior of the heavy truck. The driver inside listened to the thuds without any concern, and even calmly opened his thermos to drink water.
Go ahead and fire, this vehicle was specially modified for this mission; even bringing over anti-tank missiles might not be effective.
Besides, this is a granary; even if they had that kind of firepower, the guards wouldn't bring it out.
After all, their duty is to guard the granary, so fire prevention and explosion prevention are essential. Shooting is fine, but if they cause an explosion, then what's the point of guarding it?
So the driver remained calm and unperturbed.
The guards fired shots from a distance for a while, but found it ineffective. At the strong insistence of the fat supervisor, they sent several squads to try to approach.
Besides getting close to the truck, they also had to get close to the dark Spacetime Tunnel next to it, which was like a black hole and made many people instinctively feel uneasy.
"Be careful, everyone..."
Several squads pointed their guns at the truck windows, while simultaneously moving sideways towards the Spacetime Tunnel.
The driver looked at the group through the window with a mocking expression, as if he could already foresee their fate...
Sure enough, the next second!
"Ah!!!!"
Suddenly, a beast-like roar came from the direction of the Spacetime Tunnel. The heavy sound waves overlapped, and the wildness and anger inside almost made people dizzy!
"What's going on?!" The squads quickly turned their guns, only to find a large group of ragged, beggar-like creatures, some of whom could hardly be called human, wielding strange black iron rods and charging straight at them with bloodshot eyes!
These emaciated people burst forth from the darkness, surging towards them like a tidal wave of natural disaster.
Each detachment quickly
Pulling the trigger, flames shot from the muzzle, and bullets, like scythes, claimed the lives of the entire row of men.
But these people no longer knew what pain was, nor did they feel any fear other than hunger. Even as their companions fell to the ground, they showed no expression, remaining numb yet filled with longing and anger, surging forward...
The portly manager at the rear was completely stunned.
What is that black thing?
Why are so many people pouring out of there?
And these people aren't even afraid of guns?
The small teams next to the heavy truck only managed to fire one round of bullets before being overwhelmed by the crowd.
Through the tiny gaps revealed as the starving people swayed, the fat supervisor clearly saw that the surrounded squad members were being held down on the ground by the starving people, holding black iron bars... no, those were rifles!
These people are so stupid they're using rifles like iron bars!
With each bow, as if using all their strength, the starving people held their rifles with both hands, their entire upper bodies bowing. With each bow, a new wound appeared on the body of the guard.
And so, like pounding rice cakes, those fully armed squads were brutally hammered into a pile of mangled flesh by rifles in less than two minutes.
He died a very painful death.
But these people don't know how to fire a gun?
Logically speaking, the fat supervisor should be happy to be faced with a group of starving people who are so stupid they don't even know how to fire a gun.
But there were just too many of them!
Starving people continue to pour out of the Spacetime Tunnel, like paper dampened with water, their territory being constantly infiltrated and compressed.
Although the guards on the perimeter were firing continuously, their rate of ammunition consumption was nowhere near the speed at which the starving civilians were rushing forward.
These fearless guys are like zombies, daring to charge straight through a hail of bullets!
It feels like stepping back into the era of lined-up executions.
Of course, these starving people have only temporarily lost their minds, but that doesn't mean they've really gone mad.
After the initial charge, some of the starving people's minds began to take control of their bodies again. They loaded their rifles and began firing at the guards.
Whether the shots were accurate or not is another matter, but at least the deafening gunfire reminded the other starving people that they were carrying rifles.
As a result, the guards' meager firepower was quickly overwhelmed, and many members began to die; the remaining members could only...
Those who could escape huddled behind cover, while those who couldn't, could only wait for the approaching starving people.
The portly supervisor, who was in the rear, had already made his escape when the guards suffered casualties.
He still had a shred of responsibility left, and even during his escape, he didn't forget to report the attack on the granary via radio.
The grain warehouse was attacked.
This kind of thing has happened quite a few times before. After all, not every starving person is willing to obediently get on the transport vehicle and be thrown into the desert while being shaken.
In addition, North America is a vast and resource-rich country, so it's not surprising that a few ruthless bandit groups that dare to rob grain warehouses have emerged.
However, it was very rare, or rather, it had never happened before, for a group of starving people to breach a granary.
After all, starving people had neither strength nor weapons; how could they possibly attack the granary?
This matter was reported quickly through a special procedure and soon attracted attention.
However, some people have doubts.
"The report stated that after the blockade was breached, the starving people suddenly appeared at the granary; they had not received any prior signal of an attack..."
This is utterly ridiculous.
Suddenly appearing inside the walled area?
Could those starving people teleport?
"It's probably to cover up their dereliction of duty!"
"Or perhaps the attack never happened at all, and this is fake news..."
Suddenly, someone worriedly raised another possibility. "Could the sudden appearance of starving people be related to those people?"
The scene fell silent instantly.
Those people, of course, refer to the Mutual Aid Society.
This is a very sensitive topic right now, and nobody wants to bring it up.
But ironically, they had personally witnessed the Spacetime Tunnel in surveillance footage, and that's how Professor Brand they had invested in for forty years, absconded with his team.
After a long while, someone finally spoke:
"Impossible!"
"Small wormholes that can be used for space travel aren't easy to create. If this method is used just to create a granary, then..."
Although he didn't finish his sentence, everyone understood what he meant.
Their granary only had about 200,000 tons of grain.
That seems like a lot, but compared to a small wormhole, it's clearly incomparable.
Creating a small wormhole in exchange for over 200,000 tons of food—isn't that a completely unprofitable business?